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With more than 2,000 faculty members, SJSU is well positioned to provide commentary on a wide range of issues in the news today. Our experts appear regularly in regional, national and international media outlets including print, radio, television and online organizations.

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Timothy Hendrick is an associate professor of advertising in the College of Applied Sciences and Arts School of Journalism. He holds a master’s in communications from Brigham Young University. Hendrick has two decades of professional experience in the advertising industry, including the tech sector. He has managed and implemented corporate branding and positioning initiatives, integrated media campaigns, and promotions and co-marketing programs at the local, national and international levels. He has received numerous awards for his creative and strategic thinking.

Howard Combs is a professor of marketing in the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business. He holds a doctoral degree in marketing from the University of Georgia. His research and teaching interests include public policy issues related to marketing and business, international marketing, advertising, consumer behavior, and the use of social media in retailing and marketing.

John Delacruz is an assistant professor of advertising in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. He holds a master’s in the history of art and design from Manchester Metropolitan University. His interests include social and digital channels within the advertising process and experiential learning spaces and their impacts on the creative disciplines of advertising and graphic design.